And Now from the AT20 Archives, another of the #1 singles of the 90s. We’re taking a look back at each and every song that went to #1 on the pop chart during the 1990s, all 139 of them. We’re working our way through April 1991, and here’s a song by Amy Grant, that became the 34th #1 single of the decade. The music was written by Keith Thomas. Grant always knew the song would be a smash hit, and was begging Thomas to sing the song. He agreed with the only condition that the songs title must be Baby Baby. Grant had a hard time writing the lyrics because her early attempts to write a romantic-sounding lyric to a song with such title came off sounding like some overgrown football jock with no vocabulary trying desperately to be romantic. But one day, after having seen her six-week old daughter Millie, she said to herself: Oh, baby baby. As a result, the lyrics were written in about ten minutes in her kitchen. In the Heart in Motion booklet there are words: “This song is dedicated to Millie, whose six-week-old face was my inspiration.” Millie would also appear on stage during Grants performance at the 34th Grammy Awards. Here’s Amy Grant singing the 34th #1 single of the decade, “Baby Baby”. https://youtube/watch?v=vMXuuYnoRdI
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 04:37:58 +0000